Glad I don't live in the Argyll And Bute council area

[BCram]

Is your comma button broken?

I think putting up council tax is a good idea. It makes local people responsible for the level of tax collected and strengthens the relationship between local tax raising and the quality of performance. Higher taxes should provide better services.

[islaydarkblue]

I think putting up council tax is a good idea. It makes local people responsible for the level of tax collected and strengthens the relationship between local tax raising and the quality of performance. Higher taxes should provide better services.

I disagree.
There was no point putting up the Council Tax in Argyll and Bute when the Scottish Government had confirmed that they were giving Argyll and Bute Council sufficient funds to allow them to freeze the Council Tax for the 2024/25 financial year with no redundancies.
If the ruling group of Argyll and Bute Councillors want to spend extra money during their 2024/25 financial year on extra services they can use some of the tens of millions of pounds squirrelled in the Council coffers.
They should be spending some of the money in the Council coffers filling the pot hole riddled roads throughout the Argyll and Bute Council area. According to the Argyll and Bute Council employee in charge of the Islay roads network after a pothole is reported it is inspected to see if it is deep enough to qualify to be repaired.
If it is deep enough a work sheet is completed for the pothole requiring to be repaired and signed by the person in charge of the Islay roads network.
The Argyll and Bute Council roads repair team then have TWENTY working days to repair the pothole assuming that they can find it.
The Argyll and Bute Council Executive Director for Roads and Infrastructure has obviously not heard of the well known saying ‘A stitch in time saves nine’.
Visitors arriving by car in Shore Street, Bowmore which is situated on the A846 must think that they have arrived in a third world country when they see the shocking condition of this stretch of the A846 which is the main road on Islay from Port Askaig to Port Ellen.
By the time a previously reported pothole is repaired at least two or three others have appeared due to cars trying to avoid the original pothole.
The Council taxpayers in the Argyll and Bute Council area should be receiving a reduction in their Council Tax as result of the incompetence by the Argyll and Bute Council management and the ruling group of Councillors.
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[islaydarkblue]

Is your comma button broken?

What are you on about.
There is no point putting in commas just for the sake of.

[Deeranged]

What are you on about.
There is no point putting in commas just for the sake of.

You never use commas, atrocious grammar and as I've stated previously it makes your posts look like nonsensical rants.

Mind you, that's pretty much what 95% of your posts are.

[jdfc]

I disagree.
There was no point putting up the Council Tax in Argyll and Bute when the Scottish Government had confirmed that they were giving Argyll and Bute Council sufficient funds to allow them to freeze the Council Tax for the 2024/25 financial year with no redundancies.
If the ruling group of Argyll and Bute Councillors want to spend extra money during their 2024/25 financial year on extra services they can use some of the tens of millions of pounds squirrelled in the Council coffers.
They should be spending some of the money in the Council coffers filling the pot hole riddled roads throughout the Argyll and Bute Council area. According to the Argyll and Bute Council employee in charge of the Islay roads network after a pothole is reported it is inspected to see if it is deep enough to qualify to be repaired.
If it is deep enough a work sheet is completed for the pothole requiring to be repaired and signed by the person in charge of the Islay roads network.
The Argyll and Bute Council roads repair team then have TWENTY working days to repair the pothole assuming that they can find it.
The Argyll and Bute Council Executive Director for Roads and Infrastructure has obviously not heard of the well known saying ‘A stitch in time saves nine’.
Visitors arriving by car in Shore Street, Bowmore which is situated on the A846 must think that they have arrived in a third world country when they see the shocking condition of this stretch of the A846 which is the main road on Islay from Port Askaig to Port Ellen.
By the time a previously reported pothole is repaired at least two or three others have appeared due to cars trying to avoid the original pothole.
The Council taxpayers in the Argyll and Bute Council area should be receiving a reduction in their Council Tax as result of the incompetence by the Argyll and Bute Council management and the ruling group of Councillors.
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Do you not drive around Dundee when your looking in in your holiday home, roads are a disgrace it’s no just up your way

[BCram]

I thought second homes were going to be taxed at twice their rateable value. Probably got the wording wrong but I am sure I read somewhere that people who have a second home will face increased charges on their second home.

[Deeranged]

I thought second homes were going to be taxed at twice their rateable value. Probably got the wording wrong but I am sure I read somewhere that people who have a second home will face increased charges on their second home.

We should start doing what the Welsh did - burn these holiday homes to the ground.

[BCram]

I disagree.
There was no point putting up the Council Tax in Argyll and Bute when the Scottish Government had confirmed that they were giving Argyll and Bute Council sufficient funds to allow them to freeze the Council Tax for the 2024/25 financial year with no redundancies.
If the ruling group of Argyll and Bute Councillors want to spend extra money during their 2024/25 financial year on extra services they can use some of the tens of millions of pounds squirrelled in the Council coffers.
They should be spending some of the money in the Council coffers filling the pot hole riddled roads throughout the Argyll and Bute Council area. According to the Argyll and Bute Council employee in charge of the Islay roads network after a pothole is reported it is inspected to see if it is deep enough to qualify to be repaired.
If it is deep enough a work sheet is completed for the pothole requiring to be repaired and signed by the person in charge of the Islay roads network.
The Argyll and Bute Council roads repair team then have TWENTY working days to repair the pothole assuming that they can find it.
The Argyll and Bute Council Executive Director for Roads and Infrastructure has obviously not heard of the well known saying ‘A stitch in time saves nine’.
Visitors arriving by car in Shore Street, Bowmore which is situated on the A846 must think that they have arrived in a third world country when they see the shocking condition of this stretch of the A846 which is the main road on Islay from Port Askaig to Port Ellen.
By the time a previously reported pothole is repaired at least two or three others have appeared due to cars trying to avoid the original pothole.
The Council taxpayers in the Argyll and Bute Council area should be receiving a reduction in their Council Tax as result of the incompetence by the Argyll and Bute Council management and the ruling group of Councillors.
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I think you are missing the point. Putting up taxes, via Council tax, gives money to be spent at the direction of the local people. You could influence the places where the money is spent by a well thought out campaign. You need allies to do that,imo. Maybe some of friends on the Council could help or the community Council might be willing to champion some of your ideas.

I think you work very hard in finding things out. I am often disappointed that the information is not better received.

[Returnofrros]

I think putting up council tax is a good idea. It makes local people responsible for the level of tax collected and strengthens the relationship between local tax raising and the quality of performance. Higher taxes should provide better services.

It dosent, putting taxes up means they waste more.

[BCram]

We should start doing what the Welsh did - burn these holiday homes to the ground.

For once, I got the humour intended with this post!